Hmm, interesting, I appreciate the informative post, though you are correct about me being confused XD.
I only have one 4.7k ohm resistor, so I had both SDA and SCL going through that to the voltage, but then that turned the entire system off, outputting nothing to the serial monitor. Is this just a case of requiring another resistor?
One other thing I should note is I have SQW/OUT wired to nothing.